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Date:
late 1860s

Named Person:

Photographer:
?Daniel Marquis

Expedition/Compiler:
Amalie Dietrich collected original prints between 1863-1873

Image Caption:

Source:
Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt-Rivers (Founding Collection)

Acquired:
Donated 1884

Collection:
Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford


Region:
Queensland; Brisbane

Cultural Group:
‘Jagera’ from National Native Title Tribunal spelling (http://www.nntt.gov.au). http://www.ausanthrop.net/resources/ausanthrop_db: ‘several groups listed under this name’. Alternate spellings for Jagera as listed on Ausanthrop website: Jagara, Jagarabal (jagara = "no"), Jergarbal, Yagara, Yaggara, Yuggara, Yugg-ari, Yackarabul, Turubul (language name), Turrbal, Turrubul, Terabul, Torbul, Turibul, Yerongban, Yeronghan, Ninghi, Yerongpan, Biriin (see Jukambe) * Yuggera.

Description:
Re-photographed copy made by the Godeffroy Museum in Hamburg of an original carte-de-visite collected by Amalie Dietrich in Queensland between 1863 and 1873:portrait of man in aggressive pose, holding a shield and with a club raised above his head. He wears a headband. 'Naturalistic' studio background with plants. [LM 2/2/2009]

Primary Documentation:
Written on mount - AUSTRALIA P.R. Mus ... d E/4 ... BRISBANE ... P.R. coll. PRMB49/5.a-j [LM 2/2/2009]

Manual Catalogues - The Dietrich collection of photographs for the Godeffroy Museum are catalogued in the section Verzeichniss der Photographien in Die Ethnographisch-Anthropologische Abtheilung des Museum Godeffroy in Hamburg: Ein beitrag zur kunde der sudsee-volker, J.D.E. Schmeltz and R. Krause, 1881. No. 50 (page 504) is captioned 'Mit No. 49 fast identisch, der Mann nimmt nur eine etwas andere Stellung ein, hält den Schild in der Gegend des Unterleibes und die Keule oberhalb des Kopfes. Brisbane, Moreton-Bay.' [CM 14/12/2009]

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